Active population in work
- 262,112 people
- Jobless rate (september 2006) :
9,1% (French national average : 8,8%)
Socioprofessionnal categories in 1999
Jobs per sector (number of employees in 2002)
Profile of each district

Vire : home to many subcontractors, as well as to several food production companies (Compagnie des Fromages, Charles Amand)
Caen : Lower Normandy’s largest industrial centre, with 57% of all manufacturing jobs in Calvados. Major groups include PSA, Renault Trucks and Robert Bosch.
Bayeux : the food industry is a major employer in this district, with well-known names such as Frial, Lactalis and Isigny-Ste-Mère.
Lisieux : the food industry is the county’s largest employer and 27% of its Calvados workforce is based here.
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